"Now you're really in trouble" said the evil Wizard. "I'm turning you into a ball of air and sending you into my mansion, with over 250 rooms, to search for the Spellbook that may give you the clues on how to transform yourself into a human again. It's not as easy as it sounds, for you, as the ball of air, have a slow leak, and you'll need to jump on an air pump in some rooms to remain inflated. Take heed, for if you pump up too much you will burst! If you are lucky enough to find the book in these rooms, you'll next have to pick up the objects I've left, such as: crosses, tins of beans, a Buddha, a dragon statue, a pumpkin, a flask, and even crates that you'll need to get over treacherous obstacles! This is your one chance for survival," he cackles.
"Sounds easy" you laughingly boast to the evil Wizard.
"Oh, does it now?" he sneers. "Well, I'm also putting spikes in these rooms that will take your breath away, as well as killer pads on the floor. You have no chance for success... Hee!...
This is an extremely challenging and often unfair classic that relies on memorization of the level and delicate controls. Unfortunately this is a DOSBox emulation of the PC game, which did indeed include the graphics of the 16 bit Atari ST and Amiga versions, but doesn't seem to have any actual music. At least I couldn't get it running. The game folder...
Airball is an isometric game from the late 80s that could best be described as a metroidvania in the style of Marble Madness. You navigate rooms collecting items that allow you to unlock further rooms, all with the ultimate goal of finding a scroll.
It's obscenely difficult, and given the primitive nature of the graphics, it can be extremely difficult...
Visually fascinating, atmospheric, probably made by someone who took too many mushrooms.
Awkward & unpleasant to play.
As an art installation this is great. As a videogame; terrible.
